Example sentences of "not afford to be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Living where they do , mountain goats can not afford to be fussy about what they eat . |
| 2 | Northern Ireland companies have been successful in the area of export development but they can not afford to be complacent about what lies ahead . |
| 3 | ‘ The national interest ’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark . |
| 4 | It is widely accepted that one of the main factors contributing to the relative decline and adverse trading position of the British economy is a shortfall of investment in private industry , and socialists can not afford to be indifferent to this since the employment prospects and livelihood of millions of workers are at stake . |
| 5 | At the level of parliament , the news media and opinion poll data , management of the national economy has been the dominant issue in British politics for much of the post-war period and however important it is for socialists to insist that ‘ the political ’ be given a broader definition , they can not afford to be silent on so important a concern . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , sport can not afford to be soft on those who cause the problems — whether it is athletes who , as drug users , habitually cheat , or the spectators who take the law into their own hands and invade football pitches . |
| 7 | Never mind the title , you ca n't afford to be reckless in this brain-bending game . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I ca n't afford to be emotional about it all and stay on a high . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've got to be patient with players in the side but I ca n't afford to be patient for too long . ’ |
| 10 | you ca n't afford to be ill in America , I tell you what |
| 11 | But no , but I ca n't could n't afford to be rude to him , I 've only just joined the choir . |
| 12 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |